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  1. DJL44
    You don’t want to hand out these deals to marginal talents like Jose Miranda or Randy Dobnak. Even if you select the right players, they are not all going to payoff. However, the upside is real. The comparison is to a venture capitalist. Not every investment will pay off but you have to place some bets or you will be paying retail price.
  2. DJL44
    His gold glove days are in the past.
  3. DJL44
    How many fewer innings will the starters throw because the defense gives away outs?
  4. DJL44
    Miguel Andujar $1.5M Rhys Hoskins $1.5M Nathaniel Lowe $1.75M They each look better than Kody Clemens
  5. DJL44
    They could have had several 1B for $2M or less.
  6. DJL44
    We are already past that point.
  7. DJL44
    No, and based on their attendance I am guessing only the Saints coaches could answer Yes to that question.
  8. DJL44
    He has been awful at the plate and on defense. I didn’t think Lee would be very good but I also didn’t think he would be even worse than last season. I am not an Orlando Arcia fan but he is destroying AAA like you would expect from a major league player. He’s certainly more useful than Outman on this roster. I would cut Outman, send Lee to AAA and call up Roden and Arcia.
  9. DJL44
    It also makes his changeup a better pitch if there is 2 MPH more velocity separation.
  10. DJL44
    Not a lot of crafty right handed pitchers. Ober is not striking batters out so he’ll have to limit home runs and depend on the lousy Twins defense to get outs for him. He looks like a non-tender candidate this fall.
  11. DJL44
    If they’re extended now they can lock them up at the cost of a moderately expensive relief pitcher.
  12. DJL44
    Not extending Jeffers led directly to signing Caratini for 2 years and $14M.
  13. DJL44
    Simeon Woods Richardson is another player to consider extending.
  14. DJL44
    It's actually a small risk, compared to the alternatives: Sign a 30-year old free agent to an expensive, long-term contract (See Carlos Correa) Be forced to trade your hot prospects as soon as they get good because they're close enough to free agency that they won't agree to an extension. These extensions are the least risky option, especially for position players. There is a reason why the Brewers are so willing to hand them out. The downside risk is $10-30M but the upside is $30-100M. The Twins blew their chance with Jeffers. I'd rather they didn't repeat that mistake.
  15. DJL44
    Look hard enough on the internet and you can find just about any opinion. There are few people who believe this Twins team is built for contending. Most of the people attending games don’t believe that.
  16. DJL44
    8 games in so you can multiply by 20 and project statistics.
  17. DJL44
    That seems rainout related
  18. DJL44
    Possibly all three. Some extensions for young players are going to blow up in your face but if you make enough of them you come out ahead. The question is obviously about the cost. I don't know why Abel would take a team friendly long-term deal at the low cost that is his current value. Keaschall is a second baseman, and they don't make a lot of money in free agency so he shouldn't cost much either. Bradley is one where you make the deal now or you never have another opportunity. If he maintains this peformance for the whole season they won't be able to afford him.
  19. DJL44
    I certainly have more hope that Abel's performance will improve with more experience in the rotation. Ober is trying to keep his career alive after losing his stuff.
  20. DJL44
    It is abundantly clear that the players with the most success challenging pitches are the catchers. Shelton shouldn't allow hitters to make challenges at all until the 7th inning. The Twins pitchers need all the help they can get.
  21. DJL44
    Like who? I think the overwhelming majority of Twins fans expected them to lose more games than they win this season.
  22. DJL44
    Better defense would make all of their pitchers better. The pitchers have to try to strike everyone out. They don’t have the luxury of pitching to contact even when they have a lead.
  23. DJL44
    Except Bell is a DH, not a first baseman. Their options at 1B were Clemens and Wagaman. Caratini has a higher career OPS than either of them and hit better than each of them in 2025.
  24. DJL44
    With one injury to the roster we should see Wagaman promoted and he will get the reps at 1B instead of Caratini. That will give us a different player to complain about.
  25. DJL44
    The roster feels much more like a collection of undervalued “assets” than a baseball team. Why does a team with a $100M payroll need a $5M backup DH?
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